Label-cabinet.



J. FLWALSH.

LABEL CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19. 1914.

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J. F. WALSH.

LABEL CABINET. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 19, 1914.

Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. "Z, 1916.

Application filed December 19, 1914. Serial No. 878,165.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. WALSH, a

-' citizen of the United States, residing at tion. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section of the Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to label cases, more particularly to such cases suitable for druggists, and the object thereof is to provide a case composed of sections which may be secured together as may be desired, and which is adaptedto contain packages of-labels in ribbon form on spools, or in separate form in packages.

The features of my invention are herein-' after explained and pointed out andare illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a front view in elevation of a sectional label case embodying my invenfront elevation of the same with portions broken away showing the manner of adding a section. Fig. 4, is a side elevation of one of the sections looking in'the direction of the arrow y, in Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a side elevation of the same, looking in the direction of the arrow 2, in Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is a front elevation of one of the drawers adapted to contain a package of separate labels. Fig.

7 is a section of the same frame, front to back. Fig. 8, is a bottom view of a portion of the same. Fig, 9, is a front elevation of a drawer for containing a ribbon of labels on a spool showing a modified form thereof. Fig. 10, is a top or plan view of the same with a portion thereof in section. V

In these drawings A, A, (see Figs. 2 and indicate duplicate sections, preferably formed of sheet-metal, bent so as to form three sides a, a and o of a caseor receptacle; the front edge of the sheet-metal forming the side a being bent at right angles to form a dividing stile a between the sections A and A, and the edge a thereof is turned backward from said stile a parallelwith'theside afiof-the case. To

the rear portion of the side o of the cases A and A, I'secure'channel strips of sheetmetal B, bent in U-form in cross section, of substantially the same width as the stile a at the front of the cases. On the side a, of the cases A and A, I'secure means band 6,

to engage the edges of the stile a and the channel strip B, which means 6 b, are shown in the drawings, Figs. 2, 3 and 5, as being slide-ways adapted to engage the back wardly turned edge of the-stile a and the forwardly turnededge of the channel strip B, so that the section A, may be placed in position besides the section A, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. For providing an end stile. C, for the case A, I form from sheet-metal ahollow panel D, having front and rear edges 03, d, of the same width as the stile a on the cases A and A, and having the edges (Z of the metal turned toward each other soas to be engagedby the slide-ways b and b, on

the case A. For closing the space between the stile a and channel strip B, I-pr'ovide a plate E, upon which I place slide-ways b and 6, adapted to engage the inturned edges of said stile a and channel strip B, so that each edge of the case will present a plane, surface, no matter whether composed of one.-

or a plurality of sections. The upper ends of the stiles a and channel stripsB, are provided with ears a and b and upon the tops of the case sections A and A, I place duplicate top sections F, which engage, and are retained'in place-by the ears a and b and under the case sections A, A,.I place base-sections, G, G, the upper edges of which wardly behind the stiles a3, and into the in Figs. 4 and 5.

In the front edges of the sides a, I make finger openings H, (see Fig. 5) and in the inturned edge a of the. stiles a I provide similar notches H, ;(see Fig. 4) which notches coincide when the duplicate sec tions A and A, are put together as shownin'Fig. 1, so that a p'ersons fingers can be' are provided with ears g, which extend up- I inserted. behind the stile, (1 for the purpose,

hereinafter set forth. .On the frontface of the stile a I place a bar-plateh, and upon the bar-plate h, I place a'cutter-plate h, said plates being secured upon the stile a by means of screws b and nuts h there being springs h said nuts h and the stiles a which tend to press the cutter-plate and bar-platetogether on said screws h between.

and both snugly against the front face of the stile a On the inner surfaces of the sides a and a of the case sections, I place supporting rackets a and upon these brackets I place drawers J J J J J J, said drawers being interchangeable as regards their location in the cases A and A. The drawers J, are adapted to contain label ribbons on spools, and the drawers J, are adapted to contain separate labels in packages.

In Figs. 2, 9 and 10, I illustrate the spoollabel form of drawers. In Fig. 2, the spool is mounted upon a spindle-pin y, and a pressure-plate j, placed thereon which extends into the corners of the drawer J, so that it cannot turn on the pivot-pin j, a concave spring strip y' is then placed on the pin 7', and lastly a nut j is put on the pin j, and screwed down until a sufiicient amount of tension is obtained upon the spool of labels. The end of the paper ribbon j, is then brought through an opening j, in the front of the drawer, and slipped transversely between the bar-plate h, and the cutter-bar it on the stile a as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The labels in general use by druggists, are gummed labels. N w, when a label is wanted, a finger may be inserted into the notches HH, behind the end of the label inserted between the bar-plate h, and cutter-plate it, and as much of the label-strip j can be drawn out and cut off against the cutter plate it, as may be desired; the springs h, maintaining sufficient pressure on the labelstrip 7' to retain it therebetween, while per mitting it to slide freely.

In Figs. 9 and 10, the construction and operation of the mechanism is similar to that above described, except that the labelribbon j*, is brought out of an opening j, and passes across the front of the drawer J, before it passes under the cutter-bar 72,, thereby serving as a label to indicate the contents of the drawer J, from which it emerges.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I illustrate the construction of the drawers J J J adapted to contain packages of separate labels. These drawers are provided with portion K, of the front wall, inclined with relation to the bottom thereof as shown in Fig. 7, and at the lower edge of said inclined portion there is a slot (See Figs. 1 and 6). I also provide on the inclined portion K, a small curved lip which projects downward to a point flush with the bottom of the drawer. In the bottom of the drawer, immediately behind the lip 76, there is an opening 76 (see Fig. 8) into which a finger may be inserted for the purpose hereinafter described. I place in the drawer J a stack 70, of separate labels, with the gummed side down, so that fiopi spf. this pat nt may e btained 2 v cents ach, by d re singhe flqmmissi ner f Ba ns the front ends thereof extend forward underneath the inclined portion K, of the front wall thereof, and I place behind said labels a block J having an inclined side to contact with the rear ends of the labels; new to withdraw a label, a finger is inserted under the drawer J, and into the opening 70 in the bottom thereof where it will contact with the gummed surface of the label on the under side of the stack, andby drawing forward thereon said label will come out through the slot 70 the lip is, engaging the next label and preventing more than the lowest one from coming through the slot.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that any number of these duplicate sections A and A, canbe placed together as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or that the section A, can be placed on top of the section A, in which case the ears a and 6 (see Figs. 4: and 5) on the section A, would engage the lower end of the section A. However, I prefer to construct the sections of desired vertical capacity and add sections onto the sides as in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully illustrated and de scribed my invention so as to enable others to construct and use the same, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. In a label case, duplicate sections, the body of each being formed from a single sheet of metal with a vertical dividing stilestrip at one side thereof and the terminal edge of said sheet of metal being bent backward parallel with the side ofsaid section, a channel strip of sheet-metal secured on the rear portion of the section behind said stile-strip, and means on the opposite side of each section adapted to interlock with the edge of said stile-strip and said channelstrip, substantially as set forth.

2. In a label cabinet, a sectional case having three sides formed f om a single piece of sheet-metal, with one edge bent parallel with the front of the case to form a vertical stile, and then turned backward at right angles thereto, a strip of sheet-metal secured on the outer wall of said case at the rear portion thereof, having an edge turned forward parallel with the side of said case, and means on the opposite side of said case to engage a rearwardly turned edge of a vertical stile and the forwardly turned edge of a strip of sheet-metal on the outer wall of a duplicate section, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH F. WALSH.

Witnesses:

H. M. STURGEON, E. E. MYERs.

Washington, I). G. 

